It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. -- Susan B. Anthony Celebrate Women's Equality Day, August 26

it's Word Vegetarian Day Keep lean, With a green and beta-carotene Cuisine, for protein, try soybean. October 1 World Vegetarian Day Celebrating vegetarianism's benefits to humans, animals, and our planet.

"The question is not when we came here but why our families came here. And what we did after we arrived." -- Former President Jimmy Carter Celebrate National Diversity Day. Our differences make us stronger!

It's World Smile Day! Today, everyone deserves a smile. World Smile Day Harvey Ball, creator of the smiley face, also had the idea for World Smile DayR, when he thought that we should all devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts throughout the world.

"It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive characteristic." ---James Weldon Johnson Celebrate the Blues . . . Birth of the Blues Day November 16, 2007 Born on November 16, 1873, in Memphis, Tennessee, W.C. Handy is considered the "Father of the Blues." Though Handy didn't invent blues music, he took its unique, syncopated rhythms and made them popular in mainstream America.

Today is the Great American Smoke out And I want you to know you'll always have a special place in my heart Hopefully, in the non-smoking section. Under the sponsorship of the American Cancer Society, the Great American Smokeout traditionally takes place on the third Thursday in November. As many as one-third of the nation's 46 million smokers could be taking the day off from smoking.

Ladies and Gentlemen... Start your shopping spree! It's Black Friday -- Happy Busiest-Shopping-Day-of-the-Year! The day after Thanksgiving is considered the start of the holiday shopping season. It is widely believed the term "Black Friday" refers to merchants being "in the black" due to increased sales.

On Pearl Harbor Day, December 7 . . . We honor their memory . . . On December 7, 1941, the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, was attacked by Japanese planes. Nearly two hundred ships and aircraft were destroyed, including the U.S.S. Arizona. More than 2,300 Americans lost their lives. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the U.S. had entered World War II. While addressing Congress, he uttered one of the most famous lines in U.S. history: "[December 7] is a date which will live in infamy."

"We, the peoples of the United Nations . . . reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal right of men and women and of nations large and small." Charter of the United Nations (June 1945) Join us . . . Human Rights Day December 10 About Human Rights Day: In the words of the United Nations general assembly resolution, human rights education is designed to be "a life-long process by which people at all levels of development and in all strata of society learn respect for the dignity of others and the means of ensuring that respect in all societies." Human rights education is intended to encourage fundamental freedoms for all people. On this day -- and every day.